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|f_annotation='''MARY OF CASTLECARY.''' AKA - "Mary of Castle Cary." AKA and see "[[Saw ye my wee thing]]." Scottish, Reel. A Dorian (Minor). Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. "Mary of Castlecary" is the name of a song written by Hector Macneill (1746–1818), whose first line ("Saw ye my wee thing") is also an alternate title for the tune. The melody can be found in Irish collections set as a family of double jigs called "[[Laccarue Boys (The)]]," "[[Laccaroo Boys (The)]]," "[[Laccarue Boys (The)]]," or "[[Hearty Boys of Ballymote]]." The melody is also contained in volume 1 (p. 206) of the large mid-19th century music manuscript collection of County Cork cleric and uilleann piper [[wikipedia:James Goodman (musicologist)|James Goodman]]. See also note for "[[Bonny Dundee (3)]]," a melody which dates at least to the early 17th century. | |f_annotation='''MARY OF CASTLECARY.''' AKA - "Mary of Castle Cary." AKA and see "[[Saw ye my wee thing]]." Scottish, Reel. A Dorian (Minor). Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. "Mary of Castlecary" is the name of a song written by Hector Macneill (1746–1818), whose first line ("Saw ye my wee thing") is also an alternate title for the tune. The melody can be found in Irish collections set as a family of double jigs called "[[Laccarue Boys (The)]]," "[[Laccaroo Boys (The)]]," "[[Laccarue Boys (The)]]," or "[[Hearty Boys of Ballymote]]." The melody is also contained in volume 1 (p. 206) of the large mid-19th century music manuscript collection of County Cork cleric and uilleann piper [[wikipedia:James Goodman (musicologist)|James Goodman]]. See also note for "[[Bonny Dundee (3)]]," a melody which dates at least to the early 17th century. | ||
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|f_printed_sources=Kerr ('''Merry Melodies, vol. 1'''), c. 1880; Set 29, No. 4, p. 18. | |f_printed_sources=Oliver & Boyd (pub.) ('''Caledonian Musical Repository'''), 1806; p.233-235. Kerr ('''Merry Melodies, vol. 1'''), c. 1880; Set 29, No. 4, p. 18. | ||
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MARY OF CASTLECARY. AKA - "Mary of Castle Cary." AKA and see "Saw ye my wee thing." Scottish, Reel. A Dorian (Minor). Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. "Mary of Castlecary" is the name of a song written by Hector Macneill (1746–1818), whose first line ("Saw ye my wee thing") is also an alternate title for the tune. The melody can be found in Irish collections set as a family of double jigs called "Laccarue Boys (The)," "Laccaroo Boys (The)," "Laccarue Boys (The)," or "Hearty Boys of Ballymote." The melody is also contained in volume 1 (p. 206) of the large mid-19th century music manuscript collection of County Cork cleric and uilleann piper James Goodman. See also note for "Bonny Dundee (3)," a melody which dates at least to the early 17th century.
